Embark Studios has opened up about the way it will make the second Expedition in Arc Raiders extra attractive after the primary left its group wanting extra.
The developer behind the favored sci-fi extraction shooter up to date followers with a blog post on its web site. Included are a February 25 sign-up date and a March 1 departure date for the account reset occasion, as gamers are advised to stay up for extra worthwhile rewards earlier than sending their beloved Raiders into the unknown and ranging from scratch.
Stash worth necessities had been the very first thing Embark addressed, telling followers that they’ll now want simply 3 million cash to succeed in the utmost bonus of 5 ability factors. Meaning you’ll want solely 600,000 per level, a considerably extra achievable process than the earlier Expedition’s ask of 1 million per ability level.
What’s extra, Raiders who participated the primary time round however didn’t amass sufficient cash can profit from a brand new catch-up characteristic. Missed factors might be claimed for 300,000 every, with cash first going towards Expedition 2 earlier than getting used for the make-up factors for Expedition 1. In different phrases, you’ll want the three million for the 5 new ability factors and an extra 300,000 per ability level missed. As Raiders soar into Expeditions for the primary time, they’ll want to begin by unlocking rewards from Expedition 1, leaving the catch-up characteristic just for returning gamers.
Different new everlasting rewards for the second reset embrace a brand new Scrappy outfit, an developed Patchwork outfit with extra toggles and colours, and, fortunately, 12 extra stash house slots. Returning expeditioners acquire 5% extra XP (10% complete), a 6% increase to Scrappy supplies (12% complete), and a ten% enhance to restore worth (70% complete).
All the upcoming adjustments to Expeditions arrive after Embark famous a considerably disappointing reception to its first crack on the account wipe characteristic. Design director Virgil Watkins advised PCGamesN final month that “a little bit over 1,000,000 gamers” efficiently cleared their accounts and instructed the studio would hold its ear to the bottom going ahead.
“We fully acknowledge that it is not essentially the most participating factor to simply go for cash,” he mentioned on the time, “[and it has] the potential final result of disincentivizing utilizing your gear, which is form of what individuals stay up for in the direction of the top of a reset cycle. So yeah, we’re revisions on that.”
Arc Raiders launched for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Collection X | S October 30, 2025. Its Escalation roadmap laid out Embark’s early 2026 plans late final month, with Expedition home windows deliberate for February and April. Headwinds kicked issues off with a solo vs. squads queue possibility and the Chook Metropolis map situation when it arrived January 27.
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